May 1, 2024
The Steve Fund, founded in 2014, focuses on the mental health needs of young people of color in colleges and universities. PHOTO PROVIDED BY RISE STRATEGY GROUP.
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ORGANIZATION WANTS TO REDUCE STIGMA AROUND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE OF COLOR
Being a young person of color in the current environment with everything going on can be very challenging and very stressful. While young people of color are like all young people transitioning from adolescence to adulthood, the experience of being a young person is going to be different because of racism and xenophobia, which plays out in community. The Steve Fund is providing young people with access to mental health services.